Vintage jet crashes in Hudson near Kingston, NY

[Strip]

In this system of units its the kilogram....kg

Strip

[RTHolmes]

nope, thats a unit of mass.

try again ...

[Strip]

I see where your going with this and I am not playing along, if you want to delve into the realm of physics and the special measurements they have be my guest.

Here on Earth the most meaningful and wide spread measurement is the kilogram....

Strip

[bcadoo]

Ok...so technically I mis-spoke, and should have said 'mass'. 

[Strip]

No you didn't bcadoo, some one wants to play semantics with arcane forms of measurements....

Interestingly enough the Strikemaster weighs 4,219 kilograms (9,300 lbs) with a thrust of 15.2 KN (3,140 lbs), I believe that would be a lot less than some WW2 birds.

Strip

[2bighorn]

No you didn't bcadoo, some one wants to play semantics with arcane forms of measurements....

Arcane? Hello, it's 21st century and we are talking about airplanes.

The newton as, bcadoo said, a measurement of force

Weight is a force.

[dedalos]

Arcane? Hello, it's 21st century and we are talking about airplanes.

Weight is a force.

Heh, move a rock and look what crawls out from under it.  You are alive 

[RTHolmes]

well I'm sorry it ended up as a multi-post hijack, but you guys tried to correct bighorn when he was in fact right ...


back OT my point was that the Provost shouldnt have problems doing some basic aerobatics if its fit, the RAF used them for displays before the Gnats came along.

if some rich guy wants to take those kind of risks, and he isnt going to endanger anyone else or destroy a unique aircraft, then I say fair play to him.

[bcadoo]

Actually gravity is the force and weight is the magnitude of the force.

[Tupac]

Actually gravity is the force and weight is the magnitude of the force.

As far as airplanes are concerned, the four forces are Drag, Weight, Lift, and Thrust

[Strip]

Arcane and obscure, the newton as a measurement of weight really only applies when comparing objects in different gravity environments.

I don't know about your third line RTHolmes, some times people really do need protecting from their selves.

Strip

[2bighorn]

You are alive 

Against the wishes of many 

[CAP1]

No you didn't bcadoo, some one wants to play semantics with arcane forms of measurements....

Interestingly enough the Strikemaster weighs 4,219 kilograms (9,300 lbs) with a thrust of 15.2 KN (3,140 lbs), I believe that would be a lot less than some WW2 birds.

Strip

bolded.....funny how that seems to happen in nearly any thread. 

[dedalos]

Against the wishes of many 

Heh, party pooper   

[Babalonian]

As far as airplanes are concerned, the five forces are Drag, Weight, Lift, Thrust, and $$$$.

Fixed.  Unfortunatley one was missing here.